Dispensing carton for paper rolls



March l, 1949. F. C. @LUCK 2,463,375

DISPENSING CARTON FOR PAPER ROLLS Filed May 25, 1945 k i VIZI A T'OENEYS Patented Mar. 1, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Fred C.

Gluck, Minerva,

Ohio, assignor to Minerva Wax Paper Company, Minerva, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application May 25, 1945, Serial No. 595,711

3 Claims. (Cl. 20d-58) This invention relates to dispensing cartons and more particularly to improvements in dispensing cartons for dispensing waxed paper or other sheet material from a roll.

In the distribution of waxed paper and other special varieties of paper marketed in roll form it is common practice .to pack the same in a carton from which sheets or strips may be removed from time to time for use. The remainder of the roll remains in the carton and is thus protected at all times from damage as by soiling or wrinkling.

Although such cartons are widely used those heretofore known have been subject to certain disadvantages. One of these has been the diniculty of gripping the edge of the paper as it lay substantially within the carton in order that a length could be pulled from the roll and cut ofi against a cutter carried for the purpose on the carton. If by chance the roll exerted any tendency to rewind itself the forward edge of the sheet was withdrawn into the carton and became even more difficult to grip. When using cartons heretofore known a further disadvantage was encountered at the time a part of the paper was pulled against the cutter tobe severed from the roll. This was due to the difficulty of holding the roll, particularlylas it became smaller in diameter, by the force of the users fingers against the pull applied to draw the sheet against the cutter. The disadvantages outlined above were to a great extent due to the users inability easily to get his ngers into the carton either to grip the forward edge of the paper or engage the roll while it lay completely surrounded and protected by the carton.

It is the general object of the present invention to provide a dispensing carton made of any suitable sheet material that overcomes the disadvantages as outlined above present in prior known structures of this type.

Another object is to provide such an improved carton by which the withdrawal of the paper is facilitated and the cutting or tearing of a desired length is accomplished more easily and while the roll is tightly held. A still further object is the provision of a carton in which the accessibility of the paper to the user either for the purpose of withdrawing one sheet or removing the whole roll is improved. Another object is to provide a dispensing carton of the cutter type in which the cutting and severing of the sheet material from the roll when it is withdrawn is made possible with greater facility. An additional object of the invention is to provide a dispensing carton which permits the user to secure a friction grip upon the roll of paper and hold it while a sheet is being withdrawn against rotation, and during the cutting operation. Another object is to provide a carton embodying the above features and attaining the above objects which may be made economically and rapidly and be formed from a single sheet of stock appropriately creased and folded.

The above and other objects will be evident from the following description of a preferred form of the invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1 is a perspective view of a dispensing carton embodying the invention; Figure 2 is a transverse section through the carton of Figure 1, but showing a withdrawn and as yet unsevered sheet of paper stripped from the roll; Figure 3 is a view similar tovFigure 2 showing the carton and the paper after a length of the latter has been severed from the roll; Figure 4 is a corresponding view showing the cover flap tucked behind the cutter; Figure 5 is a further transverse section showing the parts with the cover iiap lying over the cutter on the front face of the box; and Figure 6 is a plan View of the sheet material from which the carton is formed and with the cutter strip attached to an edge thereof.

Preferably, but not necessarily, a carton embodying the invention is formed from a single piece of stock as illustrated in Figure 6. As shown in Figures l to 5 the carton will contain a roll R from which it is desired to withdraw sheet matei rial S and sever desired lengths from time to time.

The complete carton comprises a front wall l separated by a crease or fold line 2@ from a bottom wall 2 which in turn is separated from a back wall 3 by a crease or fold line 2l. The back wall is joined to a top wall at the crease or fold line 22.

The top wall does not extend entirely across the carton from the front wall to the back wall but ends a substantial distance from the front wall as shown for instance in Figuresv2 and 3. To the free edge of the top 4 thus formed is secured, preferably as part of the same sheet of material, a flap whose width is approximately equal to the depth of the carton. This ap is hinged to the -top 4 at a crease 23 and consists of two portions 5 and 6 respectively, joined at a crease 24 parallel to the crease 23-to function as hereafter described.

The front, bottom and rear walls l, 2 and 3 respectively each have integral end aps 'I to I2 inclusive, joining thewall portion through appropriate crease or fold lines as rshown in Figure 6. These end flaps' I'to I2 inclusive, when folded and securedtogether either by glue. staples or other means known in the art comprise the opposite end walls of the carton. The main top wall 4 has integrally attached to it end aps I3 and I4 respectively, joined through appropriate fold or crease lines as shown in Figure 6. The flaps are of such length they bear against bottom wall 2 and support the top wall at the position shown in Figure 3. Preferably the end flaps I3 and I4 of the top wall 4 are not secured to the other end flaps and thereby not secured to the ends of the carton. Thus the cover may be opened about the crease 22 to provide access to the interior of the carton to place therein or remove a roll of sheet material therefrom. When it is desired that the roll be permanently retained in the carton,-the flaps I3 and- I4 may be permanently secured to the end walls without otherwise changing the operation and advantages of my invention.

To provide a cutting edge for severing sheets of material from the roll a cutter C is provided, secured as shown to front wall I so its cutting edge lies parallel to and slightly above the top edge of this wall. The cutter preferably is made of sheet metal and provided with a serrated cutting edge.

It will be noted that the distance between the crease 24 and the crease 22 defines the whole transverse length of the top wall and cover of the carton (see particularly Figures 4 and 5,) As shown also in Figures 4 and 5, it will be observed that the cover flap 6 may lie interiorly or exteriorly of the front wall 2 when the carton is assembled either to contain the cutter C or to expose the cutter C as may be desired for purposes later to be described. It will be apparent that some slight and wholly incidental deformation of the carton will take place as the flap 6 is shifted between the positions shown in Figures 4 and 5. This deformation of the carton is harmless to its function because it need only compensate for the thickness of wall I and cutter C.

When the parts are assembled as shown in Figures 1 and 4 the top wall 4 and the flap portions 5 thereof lie in substantially the same plane with the cover ap 6 lying inwardly and downwardly inside of the carton and behind and parallel to the front wall I. In this position the carton has a conventional appearance, and when the parts are in operative relation the sheet of material to be withdrawn and severed will have its forward or leading edge lying between the cover flap 6 and the interior face of the front wall I and adjacent the cutter C.

When it is desired to withdraw and sever a. part of the sheet S from the roll R the carton is gripped, preferably in the left hand, with the thumb depressing the hinged portion 5 of the cover downwardly to the position shown in Figure 3. It will be noted that the cover flap 6 will thereby be forced downwardly until its edge is near the bottom of the`carton. The forward exposed end of the sheet material S will lie in a median position substantially midway between the exposed edge of the cutter C and the crease 23 which joins the main portion 4 of the cover with the hinged extension 5 thereof.

In this position the end of the sheet S may readily be grasped by the right hand of the user and the sheet withdrawn against the restraining friction due both to the portion 5 bearing against the roll R as well as to the frictional engagement between the lower end of the cover ap 6 and the inside face of the front wall I of the carton. As the sheet is withdrawn the parts will assume the position shown in Figure 2 with the sheet bearing against the cutting edge and roll secured against rotation due to the pull of the sheet against this edge by additional pressure of the user's thumb against the mid-portion of the hinged part 5.

Assuming that a desired length of the sheet material S has been withdrawn, as shown in Figure 2, and that the user is gripping the roll as above mentioned, a downward pulling motion oi the sheet S along the exposed edge of the cutter will sever it to the desired length. Thereafter the unsevered end of the sheet will assume substantially the position shown in Figure 3 where it may again be readily grasped for further withdrawal if it is desired to withdraw more than one sheet at that time.

If only one sheet is desired release of the manual pressure on the hinged flap portion li will permit that portion to rise upwardly due to its normal tendency to straighten about crease 23 and in substantially the same plane as the main portion 4 of the cover. Thus it will resume the position shown in Figure 5. This straightening movement of the cover flap 5 will tend to cause the cover ilap 6 to bear forcibly against the interior of the front wall I and hold the unsevered end of the sheet S from movement away from the cutter while the carton is not in use. This pressure exerted by the ap 6 is enhanced by its normal tendency to swing counterclockwise (Figure 3) about crease 24 and lie in a plane with flap 5. When it is desired again to dispense sheet material from the carton the operation above described is repeated; namely, the hinged portion 5-of the cover is depressed to the position shown in Figure 3 and the above described operation of withdrawlng and severing a sheet is repeated.

It will be appreciated that continued dispensing of the sheet material from the roll R will decrease the diameter of the roll but the nature of my invention is such that the cover flaps 5 and 6 may be manipulated as above described to perform their intended functions irrespective of the diameter of the roll. That is to say, the ability to grip the roll through depressionI of the hinged flap portion 5 and to hold the roll against unwanted rotation during the severing operation is preserved until the roll is consumed.

If by chance or by mishandling of the carton the leading unsevered end of the sheet S should become wrapped about the roll and hence beyond the grasp of the user for withdrawal as above described, then the whole of the cover 4 along with its end aps I3 and I4 may be opened up and the user may readily manipulate the whole roll and position it with so much or so little of the sheet exteriorly of the carton as desired. The cover 4 and its associated end flaps are then replaced. In the same way the carton may readily be filled and refilled with rolls of sheet material.

At the time the carton is shipped, laid away or whenever desired the iiap 6 may be positioned as shown in Figure 5 over the cutter C to conceal the same. This not only protects the cutter but also prevents the edge of the cutter from damaging any other thing. When the cartons are initially packed the flap may be temporarily secured as with an adhesive or otherwise in the position of Figure 5, the seal being broken at the time the carton is prepared for use.

It should be appreciated that, especially in Figures 2 to 5 inclusive of the drawings, the wall thickness of the carton stock has been' exaggerated. This has been done for clarity of illustration rather than to suggest that the carton need be made of especially heavy board or stock.

andere While I have illustrated and described a preferred form of my invention and a preferred manner of using it, changes, modifications and improvements that do not depart from the precepts and teachings hereof will occur to those skilled in the art. Thus I do not intend to be limited to the preferred or any specific embodi ment of my invention or in any manner other than bythe claims appended hereto.

I claim:

1. In a carton for dispensing sheet material from a, roll contained therein, front and back walls comprising said carton, a cutting edge adjacent the top of the front wall thereof and a cover hinged to the top of the back Wall opposite said cutting edge, said cover having a ilap portion tending to lie in the plane of the top of the box adjacent the cutting edge and hinged thereto along a line spaced from the cutting edge to be manually depressible into the carton, and a second nap portion hinged to saidilrst ap portion and normally disposed substantially parallel to said front wall, both said ap pore tions being manually movable to and from braking contact with the roll.

2. In a dispensing carton comprising side and end walls and ,a bottom, a cover hinged to one of said side walls and extending from one end wall to the other, fold down flaps narrower than and movable with respect to said end walls and secured to the ends of said cover and in length equal to the depth of the dispensing carton to support said cover at the ends from said bottom, a cutter carried by the other side wall with a cutting edge adjacent the top edge of said other side wall, said cover having a length substantially greater than the width of said ends, a crease in said cover at the end of said flaps and defining a portion thereof lying substantially parallel with said bottom and terminating short of said cutter, the balance of said cover forming a flap tending to lie in the plane of the cover and extend to said cutter and under manual pressure adapted to extend downwardly into said car-- 6 ton and having a length less than the depth of said carton and a second cover flap hingedly connected tosaid first cover ap tending to lie parallel withvsaid cutter and alternatively interiorly or exteriorly thereof, both said cover naps when manually depressed interiorly of said carton being manually urgable into braking con tact with a roll but otherwise tending to lie parallel with said cover and side walls respectively to give said carton an unbroken peripheral surface. y

3. In a carton for dispensing sheet material from a roll contained therein, front and back walls comprising said carton, a cutting edge adjacent' the top of the front wall thereof and a cover hinged to the top of the back wall opposite said cutting edge, said cover having a flap portion tending to lie in the plane of the top of the box adjacent the cutting edge and hinged thereto along a line spaced from the cutting edge tobe manually depressible into the carton, said flap portion extending substantially the full length of the box, means for supporting the cover between said line and said back wall while said ilap portion is depressed, and a second ap portion hinged to said rst nap portion and normally disposed substantially parallel to said front wall, both said flap portions being manually movable to and from braking contact with the roll.

FRED C. GLUCK.

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